Zombie Dawn by J.A. Crowley

Author:J.A. Crowley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen: North to Vermont

We crossed Jim’s temporary bridge and started to head north and west. Our goal was to reach Vermont. We figured there wouldn’t be many zombies there since the state was so sparsely populated. We hoped to find a protected spot on the coast of Lake Champlain in an unpopulated area where we could do some dairy and cattle farming and live off the land.

The going was slow. Lots of people had tried to evacuate. I had no idea where they thought they were going, but the Mass Pike was jammed both ways. We decided to use our GPS units to pick our way down smaller roads. The satellites were still working fine.

Sean had discovered that all of the cars had DVD players in them and he really wanted to see some movies. He had brought a couple from home but insisted that we get some more ASAP. I thought sadly that it would be a long time before anyone would be making movies again. In the meantime, I was forced to listen to “Talladega Nights” and “The Stepbrothers” about a hundred times each.

I thought about raiding a Target or Wal-Mart store. It sounded dangerous, since everyone had probably headed there. We’d have to wait and see. Sean wanted to raid a GameStop for video games. He still had handheld video games which he somehow always kept charged. I told him that risking our lives for GameStop was not likely.

We traveled slowly, not more than twenty miles per hour, with about fifty yards between vehicles. We’d have to stop every once in awhile to move cars out of the way. Many of the cars had zombies in them. They couldn’t operate seatbelts or doors and were trapped. Almost all of the cars had something dead in them. We would carefully evaluate which cars would need to be moved. If it was a zombie car, we’d have to clear it, then reach in get it in neutral, then roll or push it out of the way. All of the cars stank. Stan, Jake and I took turns doing it with the help of Darnell, Jake’s new buddy, and Cleveland, Christina’s friend. It was not pleasant duty, but we did find the occasional useful item, including a nice 1911 .45 with a metal can full of ammo and a case of 12 gauge double ought shells with a nice double-barreled Benelli. It was amazing what people had brought with them—big televisions, booze, bags of cash and jewelry, drugs, electronics, and other useless stuff. Some had clearly died of dehydration because they didn’t bring enough water. Stupid.

We saw hundreds of zombies. We would run down those on the road and ignore the rest. We stopped every couple of hours at a gas station and topped off all of our tanks. We would quickly grab water and food to replace what we’d eaten. For the time being, supplies were simply not a problem. So many people had turned, and zombies did not eat or drink.

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